He's the leader on this team, I know when Baltimore let us have him, they thought they were giving us a problem. I'll take problems like that anytime.

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

I won't be active in the day-to-day operations of the ball club at all.

You shouldn't have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it's baseball or it's horses. You can't beat the horses. You can't beat any kind of gambling because they have the odds.

I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose.

I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.

Let's not talk punishment.